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There's no substitute for guts.

Bear Bryant

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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
American Football Coach
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Military Officer
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Arkansas
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But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are he'll take somebody with him, and you don't want that. So when they would start acting that way, I used to pack them up and get them out, or embarrass them, or do something to turn them around.
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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those.
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If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
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I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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I have had players who are good, and who know they are good I have had players who are bad and know they are bad I have had players who are good, but who don't know they are good I have had players who are bad, but who don't know they are bad. It is this last group that has won more games for me than the first three groups combined.
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You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.
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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.
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You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows it's what his players know that counts.
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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.
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In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
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